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Sounds like a wicked bit of water mate, shame about the bailiff though, seems like a bit of a jobs worth👎 Would it be possible to get the rules in writing so you can argue it? I would contact the club/owner while he's there and just state he's making up rules that are not in place 🤔 try not let him win and put you off fishing it mate, could be a fish of life time in there waiting to be caught 👍 There's a common on my res that came out last the beginning on last year just over 37lb, after seeing pictures of it, that is my target fish now and I'm keen to get back up there 💪 my current pb of 33lb is from there, would be cool if I could catch it again this year, maybe at a bigger weight 😏🤣

Go onto hobby craft website and type in pipe cleaner https://www.hobbycraft.co.uk/kids/kids-craft-supplies/pipe-cleaners/

Many waters are classed as night waters, like my syndicate, yet at times fish come out at all times of the day. I had a 5 day/night session last year where a couple of fish came out just before first light, yet the majority of my 6 fish came out late afternoon or early evening. I actually had 2 blank days with nothing caught. Stalking has put extra fish on the bank, wandering around with a floater or stalking rod. That has been my standard fishing for over 30 years, catching 'bonus' fish during the day and the static rods at night. First light putting baits into patches of bubbling fish, or seeing fish in the margins and lowering baits to them, or putting in plenty of dog biscuits to get them on top. It is a whole lot easier if the water is close to home!

the new cane rod and mitchell 410

If you are not likely to get a night ticket it may be worth looking at stalking the fish come the better weather, im planning to do this on my local water

Here's my first fish of the year. Was -4 to start the session. Had a run, lifted into it but nothing on the end( thinking small fish with just bait in its mouth ). Then for the next few hours I could see my line pulling tight n slackening back off but not actually taking. Turns out pva wasn't melting (my mix of condensed milk and manilla being over cooked n like caramel stopping the PVA dissolving)(first time trying condensed milk). About 4pm I seen a fish show to the right of me, nowhere near where I was fishing so I quickly boshed a chod together and within 30mins, boom, fish on. Managed to land a 17.32 mirror saving me a blank. Not massive but always nice to get a winter carp

There's one that I'm currently on about a 7 acre low stock lake but some nice fish. Not many fish come out in the day (but I keep trying knowing it's a difficult water as I find that a challenge) but the lake comes alive in the night but.... night tickets are like gold dust. Really want a night ticket to get this water out my system

B B good shout but the tape is working just great and can barely see it, seems i have more mitchell reels heading my way

Came across this on flea bay

The ying and yang of carp angling.

The Gorilla gaffer tape mod worked a treat i used the 410 with the new cane rod and no tangles behind spool, so happy to continue using at least one of these reels

Need a few decent over 50's only lakes, I used to like a mid week only ticket not many do them now, you get far too many anglers trying to turn a hobby into a paying job, bait testers being the worst of the lot on a small water.

Very tempted but looks like it will cost another £20 or so, as i have a pair of old tatty reels that work i just as well wait it out for them to arrive, its not exactly prime fishing time with weather as it is so just gonna have to be patient

That's a big advantage for me now. We can't keep the car behind the swim, it does have to go in the car park, but unloading without pushing a barrow any distance is a big plus. I struggle to even push a barrow with my pike rods and one bag on it around 100metres!

See if in stock any where else and ask for a refund.

Not so much hooked as I haven't fished it, but... I'm all set for this year if I want to, Bluebells, always had a yearning for it as Bluebells would always be in the angling press years back, I'm pretty good at timing for dodging the super busy times and you can drive to the pegs, which is the main selling point of a lake these days, means more travelling but so long as I'm not humping barrow loads around that's the main thing. Still in half a mind to convert the mini van into a camper wagon just struggling to see the point in it when I'd be in the bivvy anyhow, probably just use it for storage and a charging station.

So the reels still not shipped Gerrys list them as "in stock" but after making enquiries seems they will ship out sometime in January so clearly not in stock, wont be using this shop again as we have a different idea of what in stock means

We had one strutting about like Terry Hearn coz he had a few out the easier lakes, came on the main lake and 30+ blank nights later he's a broken man, and now an annoying sheep 🐑 lol Didnt see him after a while 🤣 Pointed a rifle at my mate on the small lake, not sure how he got away with that one looking back, he's still seething now 🤣

Strangely enough on Nazeing the bailiffs were the opposite side of the coin. They did do a ticket check almost every day. In the rules it was 'no wading' so when I had a fish snag me up I did go in for it to get it out from the undercut where it had caught up in the roots. The bailiff had heard my alarm and came round to help and approved my actions. He also took the pics of the bionic common that was only just 20lb. Another bailiff would happily tell you (or me) where they were baiting, and while I never knowingly went into the swim if I did know, I did once by accident on seeing a fish show. He shrugged it off as he knew how much I walked around the whole complex. Or Gary, walking around in the dark about 6pm in winter, Sky heard him and barked, so "oh Hi Nick, no worries Mate I know you have your ticket". I did have one bailiff who @kevtaylor I will use your word, mine wouldn't be so polite, troll, didn't like me fishing. I used to fish a Saxmundham Angling Club water called Loam ponds, and one of my favourite swims was right next to the 'no fishing bay, not in the rule book, but he didn't like people fishing in there. I used to sit on the ground or leaning against a tree about 2metres from my rods watching the fish swim along the treeline and go into the bay. It wound him up something chronic as I 'wasn't in my swim'. You could guarantee as soon as a car pulled into the car park, 20minutes later he would walk over. I really wound him up one day, as well as my club ticket I put the rule book in my pocket, and fished a tiny stalking swim on the far side of the bay next to the pumphouse. 20minutes after arriving, "You can't fish there". My reply was along the lines of "its a swim so yep I can". "I'm a bailiff, it's in the rules, you can't fish in the bay". Out came the rule book from my pocket and turned to specific Loam Ponds rule pages, and swim map, there was my swim marked nicely with a number 15. His face, strangely enough he never bugged Bruce or me again, although sadly the original Leney carp were lost to otters and the water was taken over by a syndicate.

My spinner rig does work with wafters, the d rig kickers lend themselves pretty well to a wafting hookbait, I do think the the double B shock rig, might be effective for stopping them being able to get away with it, next time I go I will be using it, and with a pva bag clip on the swivel would make a decent little trap.if you want some decent bulk PVA mesh these are good. https://www.westmorepvamesh.co.uk/MobileIndex.php

Never heard that or had a problem stripping mate, this must have been a one off. A mate of mine bought a duff spool of berkley whiplash which snapped at the clip every time, you'd never believe it - again brilliant stuff 🤷‍♂️

Might take you up on the Elmo rig, sounds banging! Became obvious on last 2 trips to Kingy that my trusty pop-up rigs were not getting touched, whereas wafters were, then on the first trip realised I needed to be back on the funnel web, so another prob to solve, which I think gets the best out of me Tbh Both trips I was doing rig and lead system trials side by side, loved it, more to come. My initail stiff rig multi trials were going very well for hooking but then the sods used the semi fixed lead to shake it after dropping back, crafty, but I knew that before I arrived, just wasnt expecting it quite so much in Dec. Must have been done on dropbacks at least 6 times over the 7 nights in total and they're the fish you're there for not the stockies who know no better than pick it up and run. By the last night I had 3 matching wafter slip d's, short like 4-5 inch and running lead clips but sadly no activity for the last 48 hours so didnt know if I'd sorted the issues or not, but really I think I had but long wait to test again down there, Dec 2025 🤷‍♂️

Pretty sure someone suggested it on here, when I was struggling with the x stiff

Dunno lol I don’t

Isn't it best to wet it before you strip it?